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JPMorgan’s $175 million oops.

January 16, 2023

“That is, in some sense, JPMorgan paid Frank [the startup it acquired] $175 million for an email list. … It went poorly.” In their defense (hah, not really) there were 4.3 millions of those emails. Unfortunately they were emails bought […]

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Finally, an organism that eats viruses.

January 9, 2023

“For the first time, the team’s lab experiments have also shown that a virus-only diet, which the team calls “virovory,” is enough to fuel the physiological growth and even population growth of an organism.” ~ learn more

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The Overfitted Brain Hypothesis.

January 9, 2023

“The OBH posits that dreams are an evolved mechanism to avoid a phenomenon called overfitting. Overfitting, a statistical concept, is when a neural network learns overly specifically, and therefore stops being generalizable. It learns too well.” ~ learn more

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Breakout, a PDF experiment.

January 9, 2023

“Like many of you, I always thought of PDF as basically a benign format, where the author lays out some text and graphics, and then the PDF sits in front of the reader and doesn’t do anything.” That’s not the […]

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What is Rizz and do you have it?

January 2, 2023

It’s the latest slang spreading on TikTok. “Rizz is NYC slang created by YouTuber and Twitch streamer, Kai Cenat. It refers to a male’s ability to impress women aka game…” ~ learn more

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Pinterest Predicts.

January 2, 2023

They start with a boast that “for the last three years, 80% of our report predictions came true.” They go on to talk about pup pool parties, rave culture comeback, and vitamin seaweed. ~ learn more